Family and Familia in Roman Law and Life

Name: Family and Familia in Roman Law and Life
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ISBN: 9780198152170

ISBN-10: 0198152175

ISBN-13: 9780198152170

Edition: 1998

Authors: Jane F. Gardner

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Roman families were infinitely diverse, but the basis of Roman civil law was the familia, a strictly-defined group consisting of a head, paterfamilias, and his descendants in the male line. Recent work on the Roman family mainly ignores the familia, in favour of examining such matters as emotional relationships within families, the practical effects of control by a paterfamilias, and demographic factors producing families which did not fit the familia-pattern. This book investigates the interrelationship between family and familia, especially how families exploited the legal rules for their own ends, and disrupted the familia, by use of emancipation (release from patria potestas) and…

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List price: $280.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/9/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 316
Size: 5.67" wide x 8.98" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface


Abbreviations


Introduction Familia and Families



Out of the Familia: The Practice of Emancipation



Into the Familia: The Practice of Adoption



Outside the Familia: Mothers and Children


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index of Sources


General Index